Buffy to Batgirl: Women and Gender in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comics

May 2-3, 2014

Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ

Buffy to Batgirl is an interdisciplinary conference with a focus on women and gender in science fiction, fantasy, and comics. Science fiction and fantasy books, television shows, and films include a wide variety of female characters, from protagonists to villains, warriors to “women in refrigerators,” and sidekicks to starship captains. We invite submissions of individual papers or complete panels on any aspect of female representation in science fiction, fantasy, and comics. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, we seek to represent a range of critical and theoretical approaches as well as a variety of media.

Appropriate topics might include, but are not limited to, the following:

Women and their place in futuristic or other worlds (Star Trek, Doctor Who, Babylon 5, Firefly)

Buffy to Batgirl is open to all faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars. Undergraduate students may also submit proposals but should include the name of a faculty mentor who will help prepare an appropriate conference presentation.